Paws and Reflect
By Haley Young
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Description
2025 update: I moved the Paws and Reflect blog to Substack. Some of my voiceover posts, where I read essays aloud, will now be available as podcast episodes. All our old conversations will stay live!
Original description, 2022: Haley and Sean reflect on life with our delightful (and delightfully weird) blue heeler Scout. Since adopting her in 2019, we’ve trained through fear-based dog reactivity, fostered multiple shelter dogs, dealt with idiopathic epilepsy, and navigated so many ups and downs in between. In January 2023 we hit the road for full-time van life! We hope our blunders and realizations can encourage fellow dog lovers. Find us at pawsandreflect.blog and @paws.andreflect on Instagram. www.pawsandreflect.blog
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Close encounters of the creature kind
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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A "virtue signaling" deep dive, anyone?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Why I love to eschew marriage norms
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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On procrastination and productivity
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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A brief record of parking lot peace
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Thank you for not treating her like a retriever
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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One of the realest things to ever stir my chest
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Judging without judging
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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I miss Scout, and Sean, and me
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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What's the value of a fox-kit moon?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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There is no finish line
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Well-behaved and composed and good
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Vignettes from the Florida keys
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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I meet my younger self for coffee
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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My ex got married and I went mad
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Would you go to Mars?
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Brave on purpose
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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"Anti human, pro dog"
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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What my dog's given up for full-time van life
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Things that aren't a cure-all
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Is this me being a weakling? Or is this me being a woman?
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Ways Scout's patio behavior has gotten worse
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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The first time I made this drive
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Nostalgia down social media memory lane
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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21: Dog Nerd Tries to Counter Condition Her Own Eye Drops
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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20: Visiting Family With Our Dog: Logistics, Advocacy, Emotional Processing
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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19: Ego as a Dog Owner: Why I've Struggled, How It's Impacted Our Training, and Where We Are Today
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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18: City Dog Rambles
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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17: Fulfillment Deep Dive: How We Think About Fulfilling Our Dog (and Ourselves)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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16: We Live in a Van Now! First Impressions, Space Constraints, Pros & Cons of Being on the Road With a Dog
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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15: Dog Training & Ownership Phrases That are Both True and Not True (aka "Semantics are Messy and Everything is Nuanced")
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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14: Every Dog is Different: Honoring Individuality (While Still Generalizing Helpful Core Themes)
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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13: "Should" Everyone Foster? Rescue Pressure, Big Emotions, and Multi-Dog Integration Thoughts
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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12: The Rollercoaster of Fostering a Puppy with a Broken Leg (aka "It's Okay if Things Are Really Hard Sometimes")
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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11: Embracing Social & Observational Learning While Also Advocating for Our Dogs
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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10: Van Life FAQ: High-Level "Why"s and Some Build Details
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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9: Work-Life-Dog Ownership Balance: Nontraditional Career Changes, Guilt, Self Care
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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8: Balancing the "Magic" of the Dog-Human Bond with Science & Critical Thinking
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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7: Dog Sports Deep Dive (Why Don't We Do Them?) and Internet Messiness
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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6: Myths and Generalizations That Hurt Me as a New Dog Owner
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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4: Training Evolution: Guilt? Asking Why, Honing Values, Comparing Our Life Today to the Past
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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3: Fostering With a Reactive Resident Dog: Logistics, Emotions, Reflections
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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2: Healthy Relationships: Our History, Communication, and Parallels to Dogs
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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1: Our Very First Podcast Episode! (Who are these dog owners, anyway?)
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Sep 20, 2022 |